Who is the happiest of men He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
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We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
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He who does not know how to give himself an account of three thousand years may remain in the dark, inexperienced, and live from day to day
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love awakes,--
And the silence Phoebus breaks
Of his mountains, of his vales,
Sweetly blow the balmy gales;
All for whom he shows affection,
Who are worthy his protection,
Gladly follow his direction.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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